Homer is a human whose existence is disputed[1]. He was born on 900 BC[2]. He died in Ios[3]. He died on 800 BC[4]. He worked as a poet[5], author[6], and writer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.33% of human_whose_existence_is_disputed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,529 views/month, #1 of 306).[8]
Homer's medical condition is recorded as blindness[27].
Body
Origins and Family
Homer was born on 900 BC[2]. His mother was Kretheis[9]. He is identified as part of the Greeks ethnic group[12]. Ancient Greek was his native language[11].
Career and Affiliations
Recorded occupations include poet[5], author[6], and writer[7]. Homer's field of work was Greek literature[13].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include Iliad[14], a literary work[28], founded in -0800[29]; Odyssey[15], a literary work[30]; and Homeric epics[16], a group of works[31]. Things named for Homer include Homeric Question[32], Homeric Greek[33], Homeric Hymns[34], Homer's Odyssey[35], Contest of him and Hesiod[36], Chios Island National Airport[37], Homeridae[38], and Homeric simile[39].
Homer ranks in the top 0.33% of human_whose_existence_is_disputed entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,529 views/month, #1 of 306).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] He is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
He has been cited as an influence by Friedrich Nietzsche[42], a philosopher[43], 1844–1900[44], of Kingdom of Prussia[45]; Thucydides[46], a historian[47], -0460–-0395[48], of Classical Athens[49], specialised in History of ancient Greece[50]; Plato[51], a philosopher[52], -0427–-0347[53], of Classical Athens[54], specialised in philosophy[55]; Henry David Thoreau[56], a poet[57], 1817–1862[58], of United States[59], awarded the Hall of Fame for Great Americans[60], specialised in writing[61]; T. S. Eliot[62], a playwright[63], 1888–1965[64], of United States[65], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[66]; and Walt Whitman[67], a writer[68], 1819–1892[69], of United States[70], awarded the New Jersey Hall of Fame[71].
Works attributed to him include Odyssey[72], Iliad[73], Homeric Hymns[74], Telemachy[75], Margites[76], and Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 20[77]. Entities named for him include Homeric Question[32], Homeric Greek[33], Homeric Hymns[34], Homer's Odyssey[35], Contest of him and Hesiod[36], and Chios Island National Airport[37].
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